class notes Matthew Prince '96
When a Renaissance man meets the Internet Matthew Prince, Class of 1996, is a man of diverse interests. At Trinity, he studied English and computer science, and since his graduation, he has earned a both a law and a business degree. I-le manages to combine all his interests by developing Web companies that offer solutions to unsolved technology problems. Prince attended law school at the University of Chicago in the late 1990s, the height of the dot com boom, but when he graduated, the bubble had burst. ~ortunately, the brother of one of his law professors was starting a Web company and offered him the opportunity to stay in Chicago and help build it. Prince jumped at the chance, beginning what would become a successful career in Web-site development. In 2003, Prince began teaching courses at John Marshall Law School on issues of technology and the law. Around the same time, the ~ederal Trade Commission introduced the National Do Not Call Registry, allowing consumers to stop unwanted telemarketing calls. Prince thought people should also be able to stop receiving spam e-mails and other unwanted electronic solicitations, and he began developing an idea that became Unspam Technologies. Unspam works with governments to create do-not-contact registries for e-mail addresses, fax and mobile phone numbers, and instant messenger usernames. Today, Unspam helps administer laws limiting electronic solicitations in Michigan and Utah. According to Prince, the company and its clients are especially interested in regulating unsolicited e-mail from "adult companies," those that deal with alcohol, pornography, or gambling, and allowing such companies to scrub their lists. Unspam also developed Project 1-loney Pot, which allows companies to track spammers, phishers, and other e-criminals that might steal information from their Web sites. Project 1-loney Pot currently has 60,000 subscribers and tracking software in 150 countries, and it shares data with law enforcement agencies to help them understand online threats.
As always, thanks to all of you who wrote in with news to share with your class. Here's the latest and greatest from your fellow classmates ... My dear friend , Lisa Schramm Buckley, shares that she recently had dinner with Lauren Kelley Koopman , Melissa Carlo Bender, and Katherine Anderson Doyle, whom she gets together with
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Prince used the tracking data from Project 1-loney Pot for his latest venture, Cloud~lare, which he developed while pursuing his M.B.A. at 1-larvard Business School. I-le says, "Cloud~lare is a service that allows com panies to understand who is visiting their site, and help them manage access." On a whim, Prince and his business partner and classmate, Michelle Zatlyn, entered Cloud~lare in the business school's Business Plan Contest. They beat 93 other teams for top honors, and received $25,000 in cash and $25,000 of in-kind accounting and legal services. Because of the competition, Cloud~lare has a lot of interested suitors and Prince is actively talking with venture capital firms while ramping up a team and quietly launching the service. On creating Web business, Prince says, "I love starting these businesses-building teams, gathering resources, and coming up with solutions to unmet needs. It's been great working with all the talented people I've been fortunate to have crossed paths with over the years." As for the future, he has "no earthly idea" where he'll end up, but adds, "It's been a fun journey so far. If the next 10 years could be like the last 10 years.that would be great."
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as she can. Lisa writes, "I try to get together with Rachel Carr Devlin and Kate McCabe as much as possible since they live close by. As for our family, we're having a fun summer, still living in cituate, MA, and busy chasing after the boys Andrew (four) and Ollie (two) , and I'm still working as a consultant part time." Kasia Dybowska Masham writes, 'Tm happy to report that my family and I are doing well. We recently moved to Trumbull, CT, after living in
London for five years. My son, Liam, turned two years old this August. We had a great time visiting Laura Rigalosi and her family in July and visiting Laura Danca in Boston in August. We enjoyed the summer and being back in the tates." Daniel van Nierop reports, "My wife, Katherine, and I are pleased to announce the birth of our first child, Elise Purcell van Nierop. he was born April 2 weighing in at six pounds, six ounce . We have made it through the first three months, and she is now making it through the wee hour of the morning, to a more respectable 6 a.m." Daniel adds, "Ben Zwirn, Tym McDowell '93, and I met up with Steve Vargas and Kevin Vonasek before the Fenway Phish show in outhie for a few drinks. It was a great time and the show was amazing." Ali (McCartney) Auth shares, ' In early June, Shaakirrah Sanders visited New York from eattle, and she got the girls together for drinks and dinner one night and then a 'family fun day' on the weekend. Tanya Jones, Ashley Mammarth, Shaakirrah, and I spent a very fun sunny day in Central Park with Tanya's sister, Tanya's four-year old son, and my 18-month old daughter, Frances. I had no idea that just two weeks later (on June 19) I'd be giving birth to my son, Conrad, who arrived three full weeks early and still weighed in at seven pounds, nine ounces! My hu band Matt and I are enjoying the summer getting used to being a family of four. " Congratulations Ali! In other news, Angus Jennings was married on June 13, 2009, to Kristen Diedering of Bradford, MA. They live together in ~ncy, MA, where Angus chairs the Citizens' Advisory Committee for the ~incy Center urban redevelopment plan. Angus received a master's degree in city and regional planning from Cornell Univer ity, and has been a practicing planner since 2001. He i the principal planner for Concord quare Planning & Development, Inc. (www.concordsqdev.com) and is a consultant to both municipalities and developers on "smart growth" development, zoning, and infrastructure finance. I heard from Carrie Birgbauer who shared, 'I recently played tennis with an old teammate from Trinity, Abiah Folger ('98). In 2005, I traveled to outheast Asia and India for six months and returned to start a tutoring business. This fall, I will be teaching kindergarten and first grade at The Berkeley chool after a four-year break from the cla sroom. I've been living in an Francisco for II years!" Stephen Gregg reports "My wife, Shapley tauffer Gregg '02, and I are loving life in Center City, Philadelphia. We're expecting our first child in eptember and we both stay active with the college as co-presidents of the Trinity Club of Philly. Work in the non-profit world is exciting, rewarding, and never dull." teve is currently executive director of the quash marts afterschool youth program and hapley is associate director of Corporate & Foundation Relations for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. R. Martin Dallmeyer wrote in saying that he is currently living in Arlington, MA, with his wife, Audrey. In February of 2009, they welcomed their first child, Penelope Corinne. Last but certainly not least, I got a submission from Ali McGann back in January, who happened to miss the deadline for the last Reporter by only one day! At that time, Ali shared that she was still living in San Francisco. he visited her si ter and new niece in London last November and